Sunday Steal: The J. Crew Flannel Club Blazer

J. Crew’s Ludlow Suiting line took a major shot to the solar plexus when Suitsupply introduced/expanded their canvassed $399 line. Even with major sales, it’s going to be tough to find a Ludlow for that low in normal sizes with some sort of regularity.

But for sportcoats? High quality, canvassed sportcoats made from outstanding fabrics that move as well as they look? J. Crew is still the first stop for many of us who start to wince once a jacket gets above $250. You just have to be patient. Here’s the latest proof:

Started out at a “That’s my max for a SUIT” price of $425… and stayed that expensive for seemingly forever. Now, dumped in the sale section at $349, and with the extra 40% off code BYEWINTER it drops to an applause worth $210.

No brass buttons on this one. Patch pockets keep it casual. And the lighter, graphite grey Italian Flannel makes it a hugely versatile 2 season (last half off fall + all winter + first half of spring) sportcoat. Double vent. Easy to tailor non functioning sleeve buttons. And best of all: You can return it. Doesn’t appear to be final sale, and all sizes are available at post time. UPDATE: Sizes are going real fast on these. UPDATE II: Well hang on. More sizes are back in stock as of this (Monday 1/27) morning.

This is a test of will for those of us who have been trying to make January our resolution based no-spend-on-style month.

Comments

Great looking blazer at an excellent price. I wish they would have modeled an adult size on that guy though. Top button looks like it is about to burst off and shoot through my screen. Material around the waist is all jacked up, and the arms look like Slinkys with all that extra material. Haha they even did the cuff under the watch gimmick.

I agree. I’m just having some fun. A lot of these sites though, are going so over board on trying to make their suits and blazers look “slim fit” and “tailored” that they are becoming comically tight, and horrible looking. If you showed that picture to a tailor they would just shake their head. Sides can be taken in and slim without the jacket looking like it’s ready to burst.

Wow. They had my size earlier. I had to talk myself out of it this morning…. Had I come back and seen it now my money would have been on the way to J. Crew once again. J. Crew gets way too much money from me. This site is partially to blame. Good thing they are moving so fast.

A word of warning- gray odd jackets are VERY difficult to wear effectively and should be lower on your shopping list than a brown, navy, or even a green jacket. Give some real thought to which trousers you own that you could wear with this, and then think of which color jacket you would choose to wear if you put on those trousers first. Most of the time you will come up with something better.

Actually lighter gray is easier to pull off much personally than mid-gray. The key is wearing dark navy or dark gray trousers or even khaki chinos. Thankfully I bought one of the few 38R left this morning. Hopefully it arrives by Friday.

Ahhh, bought this one at $100 about 2 weeks back. Glad to see it’s Dappered-approved. Great fitting jacket, and it is super super soft. As others have mentioned, check your local store for lower price. They can even call around and have one shipped from another store @ the lower price.

I had purchased a 40R JCF Thompson and it was a smiiiiidge too small, so I went with the 42R (it was actually the only one they had in store so it worked out perfectly). Seems a tiny bit too big around the waist OTR, but should be fine with minimal tailoring.

I would pull the trigger, but I don’t like the look of the pockets. On a side note I did secure a navy Ludlow suit for $165 w/ tax and just scored a pair of bowery pants yesterday for $20. Thank you Dappered gentlemen for sharing the knowledge.

Mid to light grey jackets are very versatile. I got the Abraham Moon mid grey Colburn tweed just before Christmas (it was marked down from $350ish to $279 and they had a 40 percent off promo code that brought it down to under $200) and it’s really versatile. I can wear it with charcoal, navy, and various shades of brown dress pants, cords, or even dark wash jeans and it looks great. I can’t wear it with mid grey pants becuase the match is too close (it looks like I’m trying to wear a suit but just off) but with virtually any other color of pant I’ve worn it with it works.

Guys–These are still out there 50% off in stores as some have posted below. I live in LA. Called my store and they told me to call Norcal. They had it at $259 50% off!!!! Lady gave me free 3-5 day shipping. 141 with tax shipped. She said it felt amazing she was shocked iI was getting it for 141.

Because it’s not part of a matching suit. Non matchinig vests/waiscoats are generally referred to as odd waistcoats. The term odd isn’t applied to sportcoats nearly as often but I think that’s how he’s using it.

Worth noting that the blazer is now 50% off…and can be had for $175…a much better deal. I sent an e-mail and was able to get a refund since I “only” got 40% off (although I’m sure it helped that my size is still in stock).

Still not as good as the in store price though! I called in store to try and get this blazer, the price is indeed $130….but they did not have my size available…or the blazer in stock in store at all.

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